The Jimmy Parkinson Show

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The Jimmy Parkinson Show
Genre Music television
Starring Jimmy Parkinson
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Original release
Network ATN-7
Release1959 (1959) 
1960 (1960)

The Jimmy Parkinson Show was an Australian television series which aired 1959 to 1960 on Sydney station ATN-7. It was a weekly half-hour music series. Like most 1950s Australian series, it aired in a single city only.

An article in the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, while not mentioning the series by name, does provide some information on the series. It described Parkinson as a "balladist", and called him "one of the most promising performers that TV has produced in Sydney". [1]

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References

  1. Marshall, Valda (8 November 1958). "In the Como manner". The Sydney Morning Herald . p. 112. Retrieved 19 May 2014.